Today, September 8, the eastern sea area in the central East Sea has scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Forecast for the day and night of September 8, the Gulf of Thailand, the Northern East Sea area and the Central East Sea (including the Hoang Sa special zone) will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. In thunderstorms, there is a high possibility of tornadoes, strong gusts of wind at level 7 - 8, sea waves over 2m high.
All ships operating in the above areas are at risk of being affected by tornadoes and strong gusts of wind.
From September 9, it is forecast that a tropical convergence zone will form in the East Sea area, with its axis passing through the Central Central region.
It is forecasted that in the period of September 12-13, a tropical depression is highly likely to form on the central area of the East Sea (with a probability of about 70 - 80%; then it is likely to strengthen into a storm with a probability of about 30 - 40%).
With the scenario of tropical depression/storm appearing combined with the influence of cold air and the intertropical convergence zone, it is forecast that from about September 10 - 17, 2026, in the Central provinces, there is a high possibility of a widespread period of moderate to heavy rain accompanied by a high risk of tornadoes, lightning, flash floods, landslides and localized flooding.
